Take Tirzepatide dose despite current bowel issues?

[timewalk]

I've started taking Tirzepatide a few weeks ago. for the past few days I have been getting bowel issues (diarrhea, gas) which may or may not be related to Tirz.
(for context, I had some issues for several days immediately before starting to take Tirz, and I've never taken GLP-1s before this.)
anyway, the bowel issues have not fully subsided but it has been 7 days since my last dose and the hunger's coming back. will taking Tirz now potentially make things worse?

 

[GimmeABreak]

I would take the dose, but I have zero medical training so you might want to wait for others to weigh in. I assume you are starting at 2.5mg?

 

[stickfigure]

Side effects usually diminish with time, but you may want to take a look at Reta, since it's known to have less gastric sides (but some other sides instead)

 

[keangkong]

I've started taking Tirzepatide a few weeks ago. for the past few days I have been getting bowel issues (diarrhea, gas) which may or may not be related to Tirz.
(for context, I had some issues for several days immediately before starting to take Tirz, and I've never taken GLP-1s before this.)
anyway, the bowel issues have not fully subsided but it has been 7 days since my last dose and the hunger's coming back. will taking Tirz now potentially make things worse?

Possibly. I passed out from diarrhea and hit my head on the bathtub roll dispenser, knocking it off the wall. My head was fine. I couldn't stand up. I had to call paramedics. I did have a virus at the time. However, since I never had anything like that before in my 55 years of life, it seems likely that the Zepbound contributed to what happened.

 

[ZakAP]

I had this happen in the first week of starting tirzepatide - diarrhea BAD. I was due for the injection the day after it started. For me, I was fairly confident it was in response to the GLP-1 so I held off giving the second dose until the GI symptoms resolved and I felt better which was a couple days later. Even if you are not getting the diarrhea from tirzepatide I would consider waiting on your next dose until things stabilize. Yes, you may have food noise/hunger come back and may think you are delaying weight loss progress, but I think it is more important to make sure your GI system is healthy before adding additional medication.

 

[Glp1judd]

Ugh.

The struggle is real.

Tirz constipation has resulted in my first ever case of hemorrhoids.

Probably taking a 2-4 week break to get things back to normal.

 

[timewalk]

well... for consistency's sake, I took the 3mg shot this morning. I guess I'll update this thread when my stomach gets better, just for anyone who happens to be reading this. so far I haven't gotten worse.

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

Ugh.

The struggle is real.

Tirz constipation has resulted in my first ever case of hemorrhoids.

Probably taking a 2-4 week break to get things back to normal.

Get a bidet. You can thank me later.